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That one was a dud from This TV short seemed sharper and had edgier humor. Like many other Eric Sykes' projects, there is minimal dialogue in "Mr. H Is Late". It's often frustrating and it takes away an entire element with which to draw humor from. With a running time of under thirty minutes, however, there are enough silly situations going on to provide a fair serving of laughs. A gentleman has died and a group of pallbearers are apparently carrying him around in a coffin. Of course, things don't go according to their plans and the coffin goes through quite an adventure on its way to the church for the funeral service.
It contains both mildly saucy and macabre moments but it's all rather harmless fun. Being from the UK, you know the humor is going to be a bit understated and dry.
It doesn't compare to the belly laughs generated by some of the cynical and sarcastic American comedies which have been made. Overall, though, "Mr. H Is Late" has a certain undeniable British charm. VideoPokerAddict Apr 24, Details Edit. Release date February 15, United Kingdom. United Kingdom. Thames Television.
The comedian's suburban adventures and gentle offbeat humour first went out on television in and delighted audiences of up to 20 million. Sykes the performer never minded such a large audience. But Eric Sykes the person was far more of a recluse.
He was born on 4 May, in Oldham, Lancashire, the son of a millworker. His mother died while giving birth to him and his father remarried a year later. At school he excelled in art. But his family could not afford to send him to college, so he became a store keeper in a cotton mill. Wartime service gave him the chance to shine in several Royal Air Force entertainment shows, as well as a role in the Normandy landings.
Ever modest, Sykes maintained he had bluffed his way into those wartime shows. Nonetheless, after World War II, he decided to make his living writing comic scripts. Before long he was writing regularly for radio. By the s he had become the highest paid scriptwriter in Britain. He offered simple, innocent humour devoid of malice, writing for such big stars of the day as Peter Sellers and Professor Stanley Unwin. But he also wrote for the surreal, cult comedy The Goon Show.
He was brought on board in , partly to help ease the workload of the show's co-creator, Spike Milligan. For a time they worked together in a single office. When the show left the airwaves in , they continued their partnership on its TV spin-offs. Even after Milligan's death in , Sykes demanded that his receptionist answered the office phone by saying: "Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes' office.
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